Name: Beaver Island webcams connect off-island residents to winter conditions, 2012
Start: 2012-12-04
End: 2012-12-09
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island webcams connect off-island residents to winter conditions, 2012

Also Beaver Island webcams December 2012 · St. James web cameras 2012

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TypeEvent

Dates2012-12-04 – 2012-12-09

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2012-12-04 – 2012-12-09
Kind: Communication
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationtechnologytourismseasonal-lifeweather
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In December 2012, residents used several Beaver Island webcams to follow harbor, airport, and winter conditions from off the island. A forum discussion recorded temporary outages at two cameras and a site operator’s explanation that a web-hosting problem was being addressed.

Evidence limits

The thread documents reported camera status and the webcams’ social role. It does not establish a complete list of cameras, continuous uptime, or the technical cause beyond the operator’s contemporaneous belief.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Web Cams in St. James,” December 4–9, 2012.
Participants reported outages at webcams associated with Powers and Beaver Island Realty, identified working harbor and airport cameras, and said the cameras helped off-island residents stay connected to winter conditions. A site operator attributed the outage to a web-hosting problem. This documents the communication practice and reported status at the time, not continuous availability or a technical uptime record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island webcams connect off-island residents to winter conditions, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-webcam-network-winter-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Web Cams in St. James,” December 4–9, 2012..

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